MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

A great one for UK indies (oh theres a USA one now too tho) is,

The Guerilla Guide to Filmmaking (a bible of sorts!)

Damn it your right barnes i did forget to make it b&w! ARGH

Ah well i liked your movie btw - will be giving you a review soon!

Mines here is just a great example of how easy it is to make a uni arthouse film lol (uni - meaning a bad arthouse film)

haha cheers Ornsack, yep i made this out of some camera test shots we were doing (using different gain and exposure settings) for different lighting conditions... BUT then i realised, i could cut them together to make an abstract arthouse spoof lol, so long as i got some discorde piano music and a '...

Make this or use this for free for getting into Film Degree programmes at uni

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VClpcUjO_1c

*pats gyro's head*

Don't worry about all those nasty boys on the thread one day cinematographers will be known the world over...

Yep definately - Sgt Padrino hehe

However Gyro you could always pose nude and dance the can can on youtube - that'll get you attention - phwoar! hehe

Is there a real cinematographer even out there who whines about the lack of public 'appreciation'?

lol to be honest its usually just students calling themselves cinematographers (and not just cinematographers) that moan in general about lack of so called public appreciation.

Well just a quick response, will give a more detailed one later. cinematographers are already very appreciated, in professional crew set ups they are the most highly paid of all the camera ops. Those full time cinematographers are earning more than almost any other technical crew member. Why is ther...

Good stuff mate keep up the good work

Yeah however i will add another point of interest tho - guys Like K and Gyro (don't bite my head off for this but i think you fall more into this category - i think i might too) haha That is that we imagine ourselves as autuer director's - ie. artist directors whose films should have an indeligible ...

Kene trust me girls are not into the whole 'geeky teen director making star wars homages' angle - trust me. There would be a lot less agitated male teenagers in the world IF - IF that was true lol. I think some of you guys are being overly romantic about what the director is anyway - remember in the...

Thats a very peculiar opinion Gyro? Regarding Digi 8, Eseentially Digi 8 is DV where as Mini DV is well 'mini' dv on smallter tapes (that was how it was marketed.) In terms of technical specification they have identical bitstreams (and the digi 8 has other bits and bops of interesting note - check a...

Righto well first of all congrats on doing your first short film - i have to admit the alarm bells were ringing a bit when i saw '17 mins' for length though! Anyones first short film that is 'that' long probably needs a tighter edit! I wasn't wrong! The first 2 entire minutes (some poeple make short...

Well I'll shoot it at 720p on the HVX200, and for costumes (yikes) i'll get some bits and bops together and hope for the best - ive got a few swords and maybe get some of the die cast metal flintlock pistol toy (the 1:1 scale ones.) I'd intend to make it professional but yeesh it'll be a challenge f...

This is gonna sound nuts but er, In fact Zac please dont kill me lol but by amazing coincidence we too (in scotland) have been planning a similar pirate film - ie a ship sinks and 2 blokes are stranded!! However we possibly have the deck of the HMS Discovery http://community.iexplore.com/photos/jour...

Bugger i meant monday (the 11th)

Righto so if anyone still free pm me, i'm staying BANG in the city center today (just a 2 sec walk from the train station opposite the big Primark!

How about you Tec free around lunch at all? Fancy popping round!

Regards
Lawrie

Hey guys,

I'm on business in manchester but i ain't got nooothing to do during the day on Monday so i was just wondering if any of you film guys we're free (and around) - and wanted to meet for lunch or a drink etc!

Regards
Lawrie Brewster!

Its not the issue of low budget or not, its called dedication, Take Kentertainment on this forum, i mean i could buy his whole production company for a packet of crisps (or chips if ur from the USA) but the guy has made some decent shorts because of the effort put into shots (thanks to egoist Gyro) ...

Shakespeare modernised? They are plays they can be interpretated in any manner of ways, Richard III with Ian Mckellan (forgive any typos btw) was good, even Romeo with Di-Caprio was a decent adaptation - while historically set ones such as Polanski's macbeth are great etc etc. Normally i give long a...

What is this cr** - I love the tragedy of macbeth and this is just a big jobby to watch!

For a start - what the hell is this film supposed to be, why have you defecated on my eyes with this rubbish!

ARGH shame on you for p*ssing all over the bard's work!!

dude check your movie download/stream says theres no file/video

man oh man, trust me they don't get into big trouble, they con you most usually legally.

Scary stuff... but trust me the reason they exist (and so many like them) is cos they can...

bestprice is an OBVIOUS SCAM dude, honsetly and i mean HONESTLY do you exepct to get a canon gl for just $800!?

yeah ur totally right barnes, i will put another song on it (the films actual theme song once its recorded - and ill edit it a bit tighter too (as ur point there is valid unkindsky) - yeah the accents are just natural regional accents (scotland) foxwood

Hey guys, I'll keep it short and sweet - comments would be appreciated.

Here is a wee trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GINq52QF-Aw that was
played at a media business event i was at recently, managed to get some positive attention.